White-headed Wood Hoopoe (Phoeniculus bollei) [XC430383]
by Bram Vogels from Bufumbira (near Kisoro), Kisoro, Western Region, Uganda (call)
White-headed Wood Hoopoe (Phoeniculus bollei) [XC166358]
by Oliver Fowler from Ruhija, Bwindi Impenetrable Forest, Kisoro, Western Region, Uganda (call)
Subspecies
Relationships uncertain. Possibly closest to Forest Scimitarbill (Rhinopomastus castaneiceps).
The following 3 subspecies are recognised:
bollei (Hartlaub, 1858) - Liberia to southern Cameroon and Central African Republic.
okuensis Serle, 1949 - Western Cameroon (Mt Kilum).
jacksoni (Sharpe, 1890) - Southern Sudan, and eastern Zaire to Kenya.